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SHANGHAI,Apr.25 (SMM) - The General Administration of Customs Apr.25 released China's imports and exports of primary aluminum,alumina,aluminum semis and bauxite in March 2017 (unit: mt):
| Mar. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Mar. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Primary Aluminum | 9,935 | 197.60 | 43,860 | 209.20 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Malaysia | 2,998 | - | 10,467 | 1,900.67 |
| Australia | 1,592 | 173.96 | 7,637 | 112.58 |
| The Kingdom of Bahrain | 1,372 | - | 3,369 | - |
| New Zealand | 1,192 | 23.71 | 3,460 | -29.62 |
| Oman | 1,020 | -14.04 | 3,127 | -13.35 |
| Russia | 784 | - | 2,002 | 2,412.70 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 506 | - | 1,040 | 93.04 |
| South Africa | 275 | - | 2,328 | - |
| Nigeria | 109 | - | 791 | 871.01 |
| aluminum alloy | 4,470 | 11.66 | 14,741 | 21.23 |
| Origins: | ||||
| South Korea | 1,183 | 123.33 | 2,034 | 4.37 |
| Taiwan (China) | 910 | -18.64 | 2,410 | -3.80 |
| Malaysia | 493 | 181.03 | 1,929 | 151.41 |
| Thailand | 301 | - | 604 | - |
| Japan | 273 | 22.39 | 667 | 0.58 |
| The Arab Republic of Egypt | 263 | - | 340 | 550.40 |
| Mainland China | 227 | -30.86 | 720 | -31.07 |
| Russia | 210 | 96.95 | 315 | 48.95 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 167 | -88.40 | 2,161 | 14.57 |
| Australia | 101 | - | 2,395 | 14.17 |
| scrap aluminum | 187,449 | 14.02 | 526,692 | 34.28 |
| Origins: | ||||
| The US | 43,878 | -9.81 | 143,572 | 18.65 |
| Malaysia | 30,316 | 9.06 | 81,701 | 54.18 |
| Hong Kong | 27,875 | -15.31 | 73,315 | -2.21 |
| Australia | 26,150 | 9.20 | 79,152 | 46.83 |
| Thailand | 17,316 | 3,193.24 | 33,024 | 1,503.82 |
| The UK | 13,314 | 79.14 | 41,208 | 113.41 |
| Holland | 5,555 | -33.02 | 15,570 | -0.27 |
| Belgium | 4,514 | 192.04 | 11,920 | 107.81 |
| The Philippines | 3,762 | - | 8,122 | 10,591.94 |
| Germany | 2,427 | 14.17 | 5,924 | -67.43 |
| Sweden | 1,900 | 41.31 | 4,521 | 49.50 |
| Spain | 1,823 | 124.42 | 4,599 | 237.74 |
| Japan | 1,506 | 28.36 | 3,154 | 0.07 |
| Canada | 1,503 | -15.15 | 5,062 | -25.40 |
| France | 1,395 | -3.57 | 3,908 | 24.99 |
| Italy | 732 | -36.95 | 2,177 | 19.18 |
| South Korea | 608 | -26.93 | 1,379 | 0.51 |
| Singapore | 474 | 109.49 | 1,102 | 122.13 |
| Norway | 342 | -25.02 | 1,388 | -11.22 |
| Denmark | 331 | -3.10 | 829 | -0.26 |
| Mexico | 330 | 39.08 | 863 | -13.31 |
| Taiwan (China) | 263 | -54.82 | 513 | -52.63 |
| Ecuador | 216 | 230.11 | 418 | -29.20 |
| Colombia | 194 | 57.76 | 522 | 45.27 |
| Estonia | 145 | - | 382 | - |
| New Zealand | 122 | 442.26 | 426 | 9.57 |
| alumina | 420,834 | 16.95 | 921,123 | -25.70 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Australia | 154,797 | 1.08 | 401,116 | -42.98 |
| Indonesia | 137,375 | 42,812.97 | 197,471 | 25,210.40 |
| Vietnam | 67,297 | -0.11 | 113,038 | -16.94 |
| India | 30,907 | -65.82 | 122,466 | 1.22 |
| Jamaica | 24,600 | - | 64,986 | - |
| France | 2,063 | 15.29 | 4,577 | 29.99 |
| Japan | 1,820 | 29.11 | 4,831 | 31.82 |
| Germany | 1,770 | 42.53 | 4,091 | 34.85 |
| The US | 135 | -97.85 | 7,980 | -78.42 |
| South Korea | 46 | -84.93 | 209 | -38.57 |
| Bauxite | 5,068,594 | 0.11 | 13,917,795 | 3.60 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Australia | 1,877,256 | 8.24 | 5,895,747 | 47.76 |
| Guinea | 1,859,842 | 98.38 | 4,837,577 | 185.67 |
| Malaysia | 481,149 | -62.18 | 1,132,891 | -73.53 |
| India | 319,854 | -52.60 | 619,228 | -73.63 |
| Brazil | 318,558 | 31.14 | 802,356 | 42.24 |
| Republic of Ghana | 106,824 | 75.85 | 197,961 | -10.98 |
| Solomon Islands | 105,113 | - | 262,897 | - |
| aluminum semi-finished products | 33,549 | 6.50 | 91,741 | 1.00 |
| Including: | ||||
| Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 5,230 | -12.48 | 12,848 | -16.60 |
| Aluminum wire | 970 | -7.88 | 2,739 | 15.21 |
| Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 21,285 | 15.88 | 59,976 | 5.33 |
| aluminum foil | 4,955 | -3.90 | 13,090 | -2.95 |
| Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 944 | 16.04 | 2,734 | 22.11 |
| Finished products: | ||||
| Aluminum structure and components | 335 | -27.76 | 1,372 | 40.61 |
| Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 12 | 841.16 | 18 | -42.22 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Primary Aluminum | 445 | -91.44 | 679 | -94.90 |
| Destination: | ||||
| Japan | 343 | 787.44 | 546 | 447.30 |
| Bangladesh | 69 | - | 69 | - |
| North Korea | 28 | 730.82 | 58 | 525.03 |
| Cuba | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| aluminum alloy | 45,176 | -9.26 | 116,987 | -1.66 |
| Destination: | ||||
| Japan | 31,128 | 19.81 | 77,481 | 56.54 |
| Hong Kong | 7,573 | -40.76 | 20,768 | -52.68 |
| Thailand | 1,432 | -28.08 | 3,592 | -7.13 |
| Vietnam | 1,384 | -44.72 | 4,157 | -23.51 |
| Taiwan (China) | 1,019 | -30.83 | 2,888 | -26.04 |
| Indonesia | 605 | 233.61 | 651 | 60.83 |
| Australia | 485 | -28.10 | 2,156 | -8.06 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 180 | -18.18 | 340 | -26.09 |
| Holland | 176 | -0.66 | 377 | -44.69 |
| Norway | 147 | -40.63 | 463 | -15.29 |
| Mexico | 138 | -87.19 | 353 | -83.97 |
| The Kingdom of Bahrain | 122 | - | 227 | 351.89 |
| The Philippines | 122 | -53.51 | 611 | 12.93 |
| The US | 120 | 646.30 | 168 | 73.21 |
| Brazil | 111 | -83.62 | 536 | -43.64 |
| India | 101 | -81.72 | 327 | -78.80 |
| scrap aluminum | 52 | -19.43 | 171 | 88.82 |
| Destination: | ||||
| Japan | 52 | -2.36 | 121 | 126.70 |
| alumina | 5,526 | -4.73 | 12,950 | -38.74 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | 3,417 | 48.18 | 5,771 | 26.72 |
| Japan | 500 | 632.15 | 0 | 255.11 |
| The US | 302 | -8.25 | 915 | -1.79 |
| Vietnam | 250 | 215.86 | 578 | 138.19 |
| Taiwan (China) | 228 | 37.35 | 689 | 55.78 |
| Nigeria | 108 | 101.77 | 108 | -47.45 |
| Malaysia | 75 | 26.31 | 209 | 12.38 |
| Uzbekistan | 65 | - | 71 | 5,337.88 |
| Saudi Arabia | 54 | - | 54 | 10.02 |
| The Kingdom of Bahrain | 50 | - | 100 | - |
| Italy | 48 | -30.95 | 60 | -35.84 |
| Thailand | 46 | 63.43 | 48 | -14.69 |
| Iran | 46 | -60.98 | 326 | -96.86 |
| India | 38 | -72.03 | 142 | -58.67 |
| Bangladesh | 37 | -43.98 | 105 | -42.12 |
| Holland | 37 | -58.24 | 50 | -65.18 |
| Russia | 36 | -64.72 | 274 | -12.72 |
| Mongolia | 30 | - | 30 | - |
| Australia | 22 | 2,060.00 | 30 | 16.75 |
| France | 22 | 22,325.00 | 42 | 91.09 |
| Spain | 22 | 50.00 | 65 | 110.39 |
| Canada | 18 | -20.44 | 49 | -29.39 |
| Madagascar | 18 | - | 18 | - |
| South Africa | 10 | 47.06 | 10 | -21.88 |
| aluminum semi-finished products | 370,000 | 1.60 | 940,000 | -0.30 |
| Including | ||||
| Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 66,102 | -36.23 | 185,032 | -32.91 |
| Aluminum wire | 2,004 | 7.33 | 5,006 | -4.22 |
| Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 176,540 | 17.70 | 437,378 | 12.37 |
| aluminum foil | 108,180 | 15.37 | 282,813 | 14.93 |
| Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 11,773 | 21.01 | 30,246 | 8.07 |
| Finished products: | ||||
| Aluminum structure and components | 76,015 | 34.47 | 201,855 | 21.46 |
| Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 16,575 | 71.45 | 51,958 | 22.78 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) |
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